Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This regulation is about enforcing the rules and ensuring there is a level playing field for everybody. These are the facts around waste, rather than the emotion.

There is also a provision around the automatic review of waste collection permits for three contraventions of specific permit conditions within a five-year period, where the review may conclude with amending or revoking the permit. Again, this is about enforcement of the rules and ensuring there is no cowboy approach towards waste collection. That is what this statutory instrument does, as well as the introduction of pay-by-weight.